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Whistler Report Season 2 Ep. 6 - Ramping Up

June 23, 2011, 7:24 a.m.
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Some ramps are actually being removed. Was the Schleyer drop a victim the snowpack or was it just time to replace it? Either way it's gone.

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June 23, 2011, 8:01 a.m.
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Is this another place to discuss the riot?

June 23, 2011, 8:19 a.m.
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Is this another place to discuss the riot?

you're a riot

June 23, 2011, 8:45 a.m.
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Nice Photos… too badd the riding is meh! ;)

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June 23, 2011, 8:54 a.m.
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Wow Betty [HTML_REMOVED] Veronica sold out fast.

I was sad to not have the 4 Kings this year, but stoked Tony is doing an event for the ladies.

June 23, 2011, 9:09 a.m.
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Wood Riddance :grinno:

Just need a trail beside the fatcrobat log and I will throw a party.

June 23, 2011, 9:13 a.m.
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wood at the start of dirt merchant is gone too, and the squirrel catcher at the start of aline is a small double, although you can roll through some rocks in between too…

June 23, 2011, 10:08 a.m.
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Bummer the Schleyer drop is gone - I suspect it was the victim of some analysis from bike patrol. Sure seemed like a lot of wrecks took place there. Probably safer in the long term to make it "easy" but permit more skilled, and creative riders to boost it. Anyone remember the short time after Schleyer was built when that was a mandatory drop as there was no ladder there? Yee haw!

RIde. Eat. Repeat.

June 23, 2011, 10:22 a.m.
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Bummer the Schleyer drop is gone - I suspect it was the victim of some analysis from bike patrol. Sure seemed like a lot of wrecks took place there. Probably safer in the long term to make it "easy" but permit more skilled, and creative riders to boost it. Anyone remember the short time after Schleyer was built when that was a mandatory drop as there was no ladder there? Yee haw!

The old one was pretty easy for an over zelous and under skilled rider to send it to flat. The new one not so much. I think patrol will scrape up significantly fewer pancaked tourists there this year.

June 23, 2011, 10:34 a.m.
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The old one was pretty easy for an over zelous and under skilled rider to send it to flat. The new one not so much. I think patrol will scrape up significantly fewer pancaked tourists there this year.

Yup. Though I always found it surprising that the drop below that, down in the woods, where B Line nearly parallels it, does not have a ride-around. You could kinda fudge it as a noob on Schleyer until you get to that point.

RIde. Eat. Repeat.

June 23, 2011, 10:49 a.m.
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Yup. Though I always found it surprising that the drop below that, down in the woods, where B Line nearly parallels it, does not have a ride-around. You could kinda fudge it as a noob on Schleyer until you get to that point.

If I'm thinking of the same drop, there was a rollable line on it.

June 23, 2011, 11:03 a.m.
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Yup. Though I always found it surprising that the drop below that, down in the woods, where B Line nearly parallels it, does not have a ride-around. You could kinda fudge it as a noob on Schleyer until you get to that point.

don't tell my wife it's not rollable.

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June 23, 2011, 11:03 a.m.
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wood at the start of dirt merchant is gone too

Wow… excuse me?

Man I haven't been up there this year, in years past I would have been there at least each weekend. Going to wait till the upper mountain is open and I can get my hands on a bike that is more appropriate for the mountain. So basically see you in October. But next year is looking more and more likely.

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June 24, 2011, 7:53 a.m.
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pumptrack, pic from Adam Billinghurst (The Earth Odyssey)

June 27, 2011, 6:01 p.m.
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Was up to Whistler this weekend, the upper part is still not open though. They are hoping to have it open for the July 1st weekend.

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